Green Bedroom Interior Designs: Cool Stripes
February 7, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Green isn’t just a colour scheme for adult bedrooms. It offers a refreshing look for children’s bedroom, from tots to teens and also does away with the stereotypical gender colours of blue for boys and pink for girls. Of course you can use pink and green as well as blue and green colour combinations if [...]
Green Bedroom Interior Designs: Country Style
February 1, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
In this mini-series we’re going to focus on green bedrooms – encompassing the colour, along with eco-friendly window dressing options. We start by asking the simple question why choose green for a bedroom colour scheme? The answer is simple – green is refreshing on one hand and quietly soothing and relaxing on the other, depending [...]
Instant Makeover Ideas for Home Offices
January 20, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
With job prospects looking gloomy this year more and more people are turning to self-employment opportunities working from home. As such you’ll need to have an office or room in which to work. Although it would be ideal if you could allocate a room to be used solely as an office, in reality may people [...]
Interior Design Inspiration from Around the World 1: From Russia with Love
December 19, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In this mini-series we’re going to have a quick trip around the world to look at some of the interior design inspiration showed cased this year. Our journey begins in Russia and a superb apartment where old and new sit comfortably side-by-side. Of course our main focus will looking at windows and the way they [...]
Simple Window Dressing Ideas 5: Go Collective
December 1, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In this post we’re going to ‘go collective’ with a simple, yet very stylish window dressing which can easily be adapted to suit the style of your home.
What is ‘going collective’?
It basically means that you have a collection of different window dressings within one room. They are connected by colour, pattern or by the use [...]
Simple Window Dressing Ideas 4: Curtains & Blinds
November 28, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Curtain and blind combinations offer a stylish and practical window dressing which suits all interior design styles irrespective the age of the home.
Why use curtains and blinds?
These window dressing combinations are becoming increasingly popular as blinds are replacing net curtains to provide privacy. However, this style of window dressing is not solely to give you [...]
Simple Window Dressing Ideas 1: Double Blinds
November 19, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In today’s hectic world we are all looking for window dressing which are stylish, practical and functional. Unless you live in a manor house or have an interior design style which demands flounces and frills, window dressings have reached an new peak in their existence. In this mini-series we’re going to take a look at [...]
Stylishly Scandinavian Dining Room Ideas
November 10, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
As we take a look at Scandinavian dining rooms you’ll see that they are influenced by the past, typically family orientated, along with simple touches to bond new and old together. White and cream are yet again the most typical base colours. These are highlighted with touches of reds and blues in traditional styled homes, [...]
Stylishly Scandinavian Bedroom Ideas
November 7, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In today’s post we’re going to take a look at Scandinavian bedroom ideas, and you’ll see that white is once again a predominant colour. If bedrooms soft blues and dove greys are also introduced, along with lots of textures which are warm and comforting.
Casual, relaxed and informal is typical of this interior design style and [...]
Living Room Window Dressing Ideas 5: Go Semi-Naked!
November 2, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
If you have a bright modern or contemporary styled living room rather than the ‘usual’ window dressings why not do semi-naked? It’s a great look which is becoming increasingly popular. Flooding your living room with an abundance of free natural light is a great way to style your home.
However, before you rip down your curtains [...]
